Shadow network hits speeds up to 100 times faster than Google Fiber

A U.S. based shadow network for scientists and researchers is getting real world, cross country transfers up to 91Gbps. That is almost 100 times faster than Google Fiber, but what does it mean for you and me?

Political lobbying is why many parts of the U.S. lack substantive broadband speeds

Recently, Motherboard wrote a fantastic piece on Internet Service Providers fighting back against cities who want to wire themselves due to a lack of satisfaction with current broadband speeds. Included in the piece are stories about Comcast agreeing to wire the Washington DC government in exchange for a monopoly on the DC area (including residential areas that Comcast wouldn’t wire) and San Francisco wiring the city schools, police and government buildings yet are not ranked in the top 100 for municipalities in the country due to other parts of the city lack substantive broadband speeds.

Want Google Fiber? The Fiber team tells us how to get it!

We recently had a chat with the Fiber team, to ask all of our Fiber-y questions. We wanted to know how Fiber came to be, what it means for Google, and what it does for the cities (and citizens) lucky enough to have it.